190 BATKACHIAN8. 



3. ACRIS, Dumeril and Bibron. Oeickbt Feogs. 

 1. A. gryllus, (Le G.) var. crepitans, (Baird) Cope. 

 Ceicket Feog. Brownish above; middle of back and 

 head bright green; a dark triangle between the eyes; 

 sides with three oblique blotches; a white line from eye 

 to ear. E. U. S. (the typical gryllus southward.) 



FAMILY LXXX. — BUFONID^. 

 {The Toads.) 

 Maxillaries toothless; toes webbed, not dilated at their 

 tips; ear well developed; skin usually warty. Genera 

 three, species thirty; in every part of the world except 

 Australia. Most of them belong to the familiar genus, 

 Bufo. 



1. BUFO, Laurenti. Toads. 

 1. B. leniiginosus, Shaw. Ameeican Toad. Brown- 

 ish olive with a yellowish vertebral line and some 

 brownish spots; adults very warty; young nearly smooth. 

 U. S., very common, variable; the northern form is var. 

 americanus (Le C.) Cope. 



OEDEE X.-XIEODELA. 



(The Salamanders.) 

 Body naked, elongated, subcylindrical ; four limbs 

 developed; tail persistent, usually much longer than 

 broad, terete or compressed; no external branchiae when 

 adult. 



FAMILY LXXXI. — PLEURODELID^. 



(The Newts) 

 Vertebrae concave behind only (opisthocoelian) ; carpus 

 and tarsus ossified. I am unable to characterize this 

 family further. 



